Torque Setting for BBS02 Chainring Bolts?

Ridetoglide

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Does anybody know what torque setting to use for the bolts to attach the chaining to the motor for the BBS02 on the Stunner X? I ended up using 110 inch pounds / 12.4 Nm. I am just curious if this is too much or too little. thanks

I Just replaced the stock 42T chainring with a 36T Lekkie BlingRing. The bike will climb Mt Saint Hellen now!!
 

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For M5 bolts that would seem like a lot. I wouldn't have gone past 8. If those are 12.9's - probably they are - you're just over the max. Still I'd think 8 to be good. Maybe 9/10? and check it occasionally.

Curious myself as to what Lekkie would say.

 
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For M5 bolts that would seem like a lot. I wouldn't have gone past 8. If those are 12.9's - probably they are - you're just over the max. Still I'd think 8 to be good. Maybe 9/10? and check it occasionally.

Curious myself as to what Lekkie would say.

Thank you.. good to know for next time.. hopefully i did not damage the threads on the motor. I ordered some new bolts on amazon, i will replace the old ones an torque them to 8 or 9 nm and use a dab of blue Locktite
 
Thank you.. good to know for next time.. hopefully i did not damage the threads on the motor. I ordered some new bolts on amazon, i will replace the old ones an torque them to 8 or 9 nm and use a dab of blue Locktite
I think you are correct in what you are worrying about. Bolts will likely just stretch a little unless you really go ape. But a motor's internal threads are a lot harder to fix.

I'll make a pitch for ZERO loctite regardless of the strength used. A properly applied, correct torque spec is almost always the solution to a bolt backing off on a bike. I've seen plenty of issues with even blue loctite on mission critical parts.

If you MUST use a threadlocker, consider Vibra Tite gel. Also blue. VT is a vibration-resistance product with roots in aviation. It never truly dries. It just goops up the threads sufficiently so they don't back off. I learned about it participating in shooting sports, where the old hands use it on extremely expensive - and delicate - optics that are subject to repeated, severe recoil impact.

Another trick preferable to thread locker: Use registration marks. The first pic shows a big fat sharpie covering the two rings plus the bottom bracket of a BBSHD install. Its meant to be seen from a standing glance down so I made it obvious. In the second picture I used a thin red oil pencil from Amazon on much smaller parts (the pencil'd rings show if the tube is shifting back/forth).
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Do marks like this and all you have to do is glance at them to see if they can be left alone.
 
I think you are correct in what you are worrying about. Bolts will likely just stretch a little unless you really go ape. But a motor's internal threads are a lot harder to fix.

I'll make a pitch for ZERO loctite regardless of the strength used. A properly applied, correct torque spec is almost always the solution to a bolt backing off on a bike. I've seen plenty of issues with even blue loctite on mission critical parts.

If you MUST use a threadlocker, consider Vibra Tite gel. Also blue. VT is a vibration-resistance product with roots in aviation. It never truly dries. It just goops up the threads sufficiently so they don't back off. I learned about it participating in shooting sports, where the old hands use it on extremely expensive - and delicate - optics that are subject to repeated, severe recoil impact.

Another trick preferable to thread locker: Use registration marks. The first pic shows a big fat sharpie covering the two rings plus the bottom bracket of a BBSHD install. Its meant to be seen from a standing glance down so I made it obvious. In the second picture I used a thin red oil pencil from Amazon on much smaller parts (the pencil'd rings show if the tube is shifting back/forth).
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Do marks like this and all you have to do is glance at them to see if they can be left alone.
The marks are a great idea, i used to put marks on my motorcycle axle bolts after installing the front and back wheel. I didnt even think about that for the bicycle. Thanks
 
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